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Driving to Dance Keeps this Mom Busy

November 21, 2010 by Nina 2 Comments

I must apologize. I haven’t written a post in over a month. Actually, it’s been a month and a half. Today, Julian asked me to write a post. Seems he received a question on Formspring.me asking him why his mother had stopped blogging. Well…I haven’t stopped blogging. I’ve just been busy. In fact, I blog […]

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Filed Under: College, college dance programs, dance attire Tagged With: City Ballet School, dance in NYC, driving to dance, NYU dance program

Dance Stores and Studios that Don’t Meet Dancin’ Boys Needs

September 28, 2010 by Nina 2 Comments

OMG! When you really need a dance belt, you can never find one. A dance store should not call itself a dance store if it not going to carry dance belts in all sizes and in all styles. I mean really…to show up at a store in dire need of a dance belt fast and […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, dance studios, Keeping Boys in Studios, Nutcracker, Teachers Tagged With: dance belts, dealing with young male dancers, keeping male dancers in class, Retaining male dancers

The Difference Between a Dance Belt and a Dance Brief

September 6, 2010 by Nina 3 Comments

Here’s another one of those awkward topics, but I received an email from a mother with a son who has just started dancing and she needed to know the answer to this question ASAP. So here goes. She wants to know: What’s the difference between a dance belt and a dance brief. Pretty simply really. […]

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Filed Under: dance attire Tagged With: Ballet, dance belt, dance brief, male dance attire

Still Dancin’ Up a Storm in New York City

August 2, 2010 by Nina Leave a Comment

Julian began his final five days of dance classes today. We started off at Steps on Broadway, where he saw several girls from ABT and a boy from Complexions. As we were leaving, he ran into one of his best friends–a boy from ABT. The dance world is small. I was surprised to see that […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, dance studios, Teachers Tagged With: Broadway Dance Center, NY Studios, NY teachers, Steps on Broadway

Dancin' Boy Issues: Post #1

March 11, 2010 by ninaamir 12 Comments

I’ve been promising some answers to the comments you left in reply to my request for you to tell me the issues you (if you are a dancin’ boy) or your sons face as male dancers. Today, I’ll begin. I’ll start with the topic of costumes and dance clothes for boys. This is a tough […]

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Filed Under: dance attire Tagged With: costumes, dancewear, dancewear for boys, tights

Denise Wall On Raising Dancin’ Boys (Part 3)

March 7, 2010 by ninaamir 3 Comments

In this third, and last, part of my interview with Denise Wall, owner of Denise Wall’s Dance Energy in Virginia Beach, VA, and coach of such star dancers as her own sons Danny Tidwell and Travis Wall (Travis is also a star choreographer), she offers tips on raising boys who dance. (To read the first […]

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Filed Under: Changes due to puberty, dance attire, dance studios, Dance Tips, Denise Wall, social issues and friends, Teachers, teasing, use of muscles in ballet Tagged With: choosing a studio, Denise Wall, drug use, growth spurts, muscles, parent involvement, passe, passion, pirrouttes, sexuality, Teachers, teasing, training

Finally Found: Ballet Tights that Fit a Teenage Boy!

May 4, 2009 by ninaamir 4 Comments

As a short breather to the Duncan Cooper series (and since I don’t have time right now to post another piece to that interview), I’d like to share that Julian has finally found some ballet tights that fit and that he loves. He says he can’t even tell he’s wearing them! So, I want to […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, evaluations, foot problems, technique

Meeting Debbie Allen and Experiences at DADA

April 12, 2009 by ninaamir 5 Comments

We took off for LA on Tuesday morning, skipping dance on Tuesday (and a Passover seder on both the first and second night — Wednesday and Thursday — of the holiday) so we could make it to UCLA for a tour by afternoon. That was the start of three days of intensive college tours primarily for […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, college dance programs, dance attire, dance studios, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, boys dance classes, college dance programs, dancing with boys, Debbie Allen, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, flexibility

Getting Ready for Another Convention: NYCDA

March 27, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

I didn’t write this week, because we didn’t have much going on. The company turned its focus to preparing for the NYCDA convention, where they will once again compete. Julian’s not too excited about going to this convention. He says three in a row was too many. Plus, he wanted to attend a dance the […]

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Filed Under: competitions, conventions, dance attire Tagged With: costumes, dance convention, Debbie Allen, LA tap Festival, NYCDA, rehearsing for competition, San Francisco Tap Festival, summer intensives

My Son's Adventures in Booty Shorts

January 29, 2009 by ninaamir 1 Comment

Okay, some of you may find this post doesn’t live up to its great title, but I just couldn’t resist after saying that’s what I would write about next! Anyway, here’s the dirt: Julian, much to his dismay, has to wear booty shorts for one of his pieces of choreography during the three performances his […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, dance scholarships, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre summer dance intensive, booty shorts, booty shorts for male dancers, choices, dance belts, dance scholarships, summer camp, Teen Dance Company

The New Year Brings Opportunities, Choices and a Search for Summer Dance Programs and Tights

January 20, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Sorry for the lapse in blog posts. I’ve been sick on and off for about two weeks now. My husband had a cough. Then Julian got stuffed up. Then I came down with a fever and a rash and about five days later a full blown cold. Now my daughter has it, too.  Anyway, the […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, dance scholarships, summer dance programs Tagged With: Copellia, pas de deux class, summer dance programs, tights for male dancers

You Can Now Order My Brother Can Dance© Dance-Related T-Shirts! Purchase those Christmas and Chanukah Gifts for Boys/Men Who Dance Today!

December 13, 2008 by ninaamir 4 Comments

Finally! The webpage My Brother Can Dance© page is up and running and so are the buy buttons and postage options! You can purchase those gifts for the boys and men you love who love to dance. And you should get them in time for Christmas or Chanukah if you order this week. I won’t […]

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Update on T-Shirts for Boys and Men Who Dance

December 9, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Okay, folks. I couldn’t wait any longer for the proofs of the T-shirts. They should be ready later today (although I fear one of them is the wrong artwork). So, in order to let you see the designs, I’m posting some scanned in artwork now. I’ll post the actually artwork on shirts when I get […]

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